Vastwood Hydra
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Creature — Hydra
Mana Cost: {X}{G}{G}
Oracle Rules Text: This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature among any number of creatures you control.
Set: Commander 2020 (#194), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Slawomir Maniak
Creature
Green
Rare
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (3)
2013-07-01
You choose how the counters will be distributed when the ability resolves.
2013-07-01
In some unusual cases, Vastwood Hydra will have enough -1/-1 counters put on it to make its toughness 0 or less. If this happens, the ability will still distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on Vastwood Hydra before the -1/-1 counters were put on it. For example, if Vastwood Hydra has two +1/+1 counters on it and three -1/-1 counters are put on it, two +1/+1 counters will be distributed.
2013-07-01
The ability that triggers when Vastwood Hydra dies doesn’t target any of the creatures. You can choose to put counters on a creature with protection from green, for example.
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